Turkish Defence Industry Products Protecting the World
Turkey, showing a rapid growth and development tendency with 2000s, is now the world’s 17th biggest economy... Followed closely with its infrastructure investments and giant projects, Turkey has become popular in the world also with its defence industry products.
The defence industry in Turkey underwent a strategic transformation with a changing defence industry policy in 1990s and 2000s. In the past, Turkey met its needs through importation but now, it is generating solutions in critical areas of defence industry from design to production and from modernization to modification with nearly 1000 companies, factories, SMEs, research institutes and R&D laboratories.
The Turkish defence industry products are now taking place in the inventories of many countries, especially in the Turkish Armed Forces inventory which has high acceptance criteria. Turkish products having competitive features in terms of technology, price and quality such as aircraft and helicopter components, aircraft engines, armored land vehicles, vessels and motor boats, missiles, rockets, launching platforms, light arms and ammunition, electronic systems such as radios, command control systems, simulators, sensors and application software and logistic supports products such as field hospitals, military clothing and uniforms, engineering and technology transfer are now preferred worldwide…
The Turkish companies, playing critical roles in huge international projects and generate defence industry solutions with their indigenous products and systems are taking place in the world’s biggest companies list.
Turkey, with the second biggest army of NATO, is one of the important defence centers of the world together with its defence industry. Turkey, which has initiated national combat aircraft project, produces training aircrafts, unmanned aerial vehicles, helicopters, missile and rocket systems, battleships, armored personnel carriers, infantry rifles, satellites and logistic support systems and designs simulations, software and communication systems, is aiming to grow more and become one of the top 10 countries having the strongest defence and aerospace industry.
The Defence and Aerospace Industry Exporters’ Association (SSI) founded in 2011, is gathering the defence and aerospace companies under a single roof in order to achieve such target. SSI has been performing studies in order to represent defence and aerospace sector in international markets and increase export performance and giving support to its members in terms of training and foreign relations.
SSI, which is the representative of exporters with almost 300 members, also attaches great importance to promotion and marketing activities. The Turkish Defence Alliance (TDA) established in 2013 has been performing promotion activities worldwide.
The Turkish defence and aerospace industry; with new ideas, indigenous products, qualified human resources and effective infrastructure, produces “national solutions to global needs”, produces in Turkey and protects the world, and always ready for new collaborations, partnerships and duties...
